Chavez back in Cuba

HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) — Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez arrived in the early hours of Tuesday in Havana, where he was welcomed by his Cuban counterpart Raul Castro. Chavez has been undergoing a series of radiotherapy treatments in Cuba, following a third surgery to remove a malignant tumor. According to Granma newspaper, before traveling to Cuba, [...]

Hundreds of Thousands Participated in May Day Celebrations in Havana

HAVANA, Cuba, May 1 (acn) Hundreds of thousands of Havana residents marched on Tuesday morning along the Jose Marti Revolution Square in the Cuban capital to mark International Workers’ Day. The parade, also attended by hundreds of solidarity activists from several countries, was presided over by President Raul Castro and by the General Secretary of [...]

JetBlue now offering twice daily service from Fort Lauderdale to Kingston, Jamaica

FORT LAUDERDALE, USA — JetBlue Airways has launched twice daily service from Florida’s Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) to Norman Manley International Airport (KIN) in Kingston, Jamaica. To celebrate the launch of its new service, customers can book travel between Fort Lauderdale and Kingston through Saturday, May 5, 2012, at jetblue.com for as low as [...]

Puerto Rico authorities seize 102 kilos of cocaine in two separate incidents

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — For the third time this month, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in the San Juan Area Port prevented drug traffickers from using commercial shipments to import cocaine. On Sunday, while performing inspectional duties on MV CFS Paradero, arriving from Rio Haina, Dominican Republic, CBP officers assigned to the San [...]

Cuban emigres push for improvement in Cuba-US relations

HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) — Members of the group Cuban Americans for Engagement (CAFE) have demanded that relations between Washington and Havana be more flexible. Members of the group of émigrés held meetings in both the State Department and the Congress offices, where they declared themselves to be in favour of policies favouring more exchanges with [...]

Murder rate trending down in Jamaica

KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — The murder rate in Jamaica is showing signs of a downward trend from the 3.1 per day to 2 per day, reflecting a 30 percent reduction since the start of the year. This was disclosed by Minister of National Security, Peter Bunting, when he addressed business leaders and other private sector [...]

Philippines: US Should Press for Justice

(New York) – The United States should press senior Philippine officials visiting Washington this week to fulfill the Aquino government’s commitment to bring abusive military personnel to justice, Human Rights Watch said today. The US government should also resist attempts to remove a congressional hold on a portion of foreign aid to the Philippines until [...]

Canada, IDB to co-finance climate-friendly investments in Latin America and the Caribbean

Canada has selected the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) as a key partner in its Fast Start commitment to support climate change mitigation and adaptation. Canada has committed 250 million Canadian dollars to create the Canadian Climate Fund for the Private Sector in the Americas, a fund that will be managed by the IDB. The fund [...]

UN welcomes abolition of death penalty in US state of Connecticut

The United Nations human rights office today welcomed a new law in the state of Connecticut, in the United States, that abolishes the death penalty and urged other states to follow suit. With the signing of the new law on Wednesday, Connecticut became the 17th US state to formally repeal capital punishment, according to the [...]

$362 million cocaine bust in Western Caribbean

WASHINGTON, USA — A US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Air and Marine (OAM) P-3, operating out of National Air Security Operations Center-Jacksonville (NASOC-JAX), recently detected two go-fast vessels carrying more than 4,840 pounds of cocaine with a combined value of more than $362 million. On April 20, a P-3 operating in the [...]

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